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Not staying quiet about a failed status quo in the name of unity. Not going to betray voters done with the donor class.
Tax the Billionaires
Medicare for All
Free childcare
Free college and trade schools
No Aid to Israel
I am a New Deal Democrat, not a Chuck Schumer Democrat.
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It is a basic principle of American democracy that the government can’t selectively target individuals simply because of their political beliefs or what they say. But that’s exactly what the Trump Administration is doing to Congresswoman Ilhan Omar of Minnesota.
To understand why this is so appalling, it’s important to know the facts. Congresswoman Omar came to this country with her father when she was 12 years old. Five years later, her father became a naturalized citizen. If Ilhan had been 18 at the time, she would have had to apply for citizenship separately. But because she was 17, she became a naturalized citizen automatically.
Congresswoman Omar went on to graduate from college, work as a community organizer, become the first Somali-American legislator elected to public office in the U.S., and win a seat in Congress. There, she has been one of the Trump Administration’s fiercest critics, which has led the president to repeatedly single her out as someone who he believes does not belong in this country.
Now the Administration is actively trying to deport Congresswoman Omar, seemingly based solely on the unsubstantiated theory that she was actually 18 when her father was naturalized, and therefore is not a citizen. Federal agents have raided her home, confiscated personal records, and seized her phone — all to try and uncover a nonexistent smoking gun from 20 years ago that will somehow make their case.
Think about that. The full weight of the federal government is being brought down on a law-abiding elected official because she has dared to criticize the president. And it’s not the first time this has happened. Under President Trump, the Justice Department has repeatedly gone after those he considers his political enemies — from the Attorney General of New York, to the former head of the FBI, to members of the Federal Reserve.
In those cases, the prosecutions either stalled or were dismissed for having no basis in law, and the same is likely to happen in this case. But not before Congresswoman Omar’s life has been turned upside down, her legal bills have piled up, and she’s been forced to spend time fighting unsubstantiated charges instead of serving the people of Minnesota.
The fact that any president, or any administration, is willing to engage in such transparent efforts to intimidate someone should outrage all Americans, regardless of how they feel about Congresswoman Omar’s political views. Because if this becomes the new normal, there’s no reason to believe it will stop with her — or that future presidents, in either party, won’t do the same.
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Any minimally honest person would acknowledge that this raid is a flagrant abuse of state power and the domestic authorities of DHS against one of Trump's most outspoken critics, right near an election.
The scurrilous claims about @IlhanMN have never had any basis in fact or evidence. Omar has lived in the US for more than 30 years: longer than Melania Trump, or Sebastian Gorka, or Steve Hilton, or countless GOP luminaries. She's lived in the US since she was 13. She's been a US citizen for more than 25 years.
This has as much to do with immigration enforcement as the Trump/Rubio policy of deporting people for the crime of criticizing Israel: which is to say, none at all. It's all about feeding the MAGA base something to excite them and, especially, persecuting one of the most vocal critics of Trump and Israel.
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I don’t think you have a dog in this fight but if you did you would have shot it.
I’ll take @ellalangleymsic over Kacey Musgraves any day.
And if I’m choosin’ Texas, I’ll take Ken Paxton over James Talarico.
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Representative James Talarico has never received treatment from Lindner Center of Hope.
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REPORTER: “Why does Mike Rogers have to answer for Trump and you don’t have to answer for Hasan Piker?” 🤡
@AbdulElSayed: “Is that a serious question? Donald Trump is the president of the United States.”
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MAKE HASAN BLOND!!!
Hasan Piker: "Angie Nixon. Abdul El-Sayed. I've made it very clear. If we get not one, but two, progressive not socialist but social democratic Senators elected, I will turn myself into @KyleKulinski."
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You just did a friendly show with Destiny, who has been accused of all sorts of horrific misogynistic things, so maybe don’t do sanctimonious tweets randomly attacking Bernie Sanders, who hasn’t been accused of such things.
I am once again asking high profile male political podcasters and pundits to call out the harassment and misogyny running rampant in the Dem party.
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Watts isn't attacking Bernie. In the quoted tweet, she uses a common meme referencing a campaign video in which Sanders says, "I am once again asking for your financial support." In this popular format, users post an unrelated request alongside this still photo from the ad.
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On those shows you also expressed your bewilderment about their relentless, obsessive/gop framed attacks on an AES primary surrogate, so perhaps my option A below of ignorance applies. Regardless, your X followers seem to be doing the heavy lifting in replies below.
This part about Sarah and Neera wanting Abdul to lose is just a lie. I have discussed this very thing with them
on my show. We have disagreed and argued about tactics but they are clear about the need to defeat Rogers
This fictional straw woman exists in your head only @SamSeder
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I see the Democrat who rammed NAFTA through Congress, deregulated Wall Street, destroyed the working class, cheered the Iraq War, killed the public option, helped create conditions for epic Dem losses, cashed in on Wall Street, benefited from his mayoral administration’s coverup of a police murder of a teenager…I see this same person has now logged on and has opinions.
Now that he won’t stop talking, the folks who told us Hasan Piker is a serious voice who should be listened to ought to let us know which of these positions we’re supposed to take seriously:
1. That “pound for pound,” America is worse than al-Qaeda - a ridiculous statement on a normal day, but particularly vile the same week we’re reflecting on the loss of 3,000 Americans on the 25th anniversary of 9/11.
2. That Communist China’s repressive regime is the “model” for America.
3. That Mao was “a great man of history” while the collapse of the Soviet Union was "one of the greatest catastrophes of the 20th century."
The great thing about America is that everyone is entitled to their opinions and free to express them, however dumb or immoral. That includes ‘Comrade’ Piker. The rest of us are just as free - obligated even - to call out this vile, hateful speech that only divides America.
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Abdul El-Sayed asks Hasan Minhaj the most important question facing Americans right now
"Do you condemn Hasan Piker?"
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🚨 Abdul El-Sayed is now standing alone on the debate stage, as Republican Mike Rogers no-shows.
He is running on Medicare for All and taxing the rich.
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ted cruz, greg abbott ken paxton and now, henry cuellar have demanded that i have my speech at UT austin get cancelled. it's a public university. this is a direct violation of the 1st amendment. free speech must be protected. dems should push back against this attack!
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We live in a world where the president is a pedophile rapist terrorist but if you say free Palestine on stage as an artist they ruin your life.
